Kerberos support in Thunderbird

[Jeffrey Altman]

ch0w wrote:

> This is the only thread I could Google that has anything remotely on
> the topic of Kerberos-compatibility in Thunderbird. However, I'm having
> a very difficult time following the thread discussion.
> 
> Thunderbird imported my Eudora settings (which works for me), but upon
> "Get Mail" I always get the "Connection to server po11.mit.edu timed
> out" error. In layman's terms, how can I fix this? Is it even fixable
> in 1.5 beta 1? I've tried tweaking all the settings, even going to the
> advanced:config menu, but can't seem to get Thunderbird to retrieve my
> email.

I do not believe that the MIT mail servers support SASL GSSAPI Kerberos
5 for authentication.   You might want to contact the Help Desk to
confirm this.

Jeffrey Altman

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